Yorkshire mountaineer Alan Hinkes, who is now just two summits
away from becoming the first Brit' to knock off all 14 of the
8,000-metre plus peaks, is going to announce his next objective at
this weekend's OS Outdoors Show in Birmingham.
After
succeeding on Annapurna last year in distinctly dodgy conditions that
saw no less a climber than Ed Viesturs back off from the mountain,
Alan has a choice of Dhaulagiri - not to be confused with the better
known, similar sounding cocktail - and Kangchenjunga.
Given that last time he tackled Kangch', he fell in a crevasse
suffering rib injuries, we're guessing that Dhaulagiri will be next
on the list - but only because we have a 50/50 chance of being
correct. Anyway, we'll be grilling Alan at the show and letting you
know what he's decided.
Hinkes At The Show
Along with fellow Berghaus Team members Sir Chris Bonington and
Leo Houlding, Alan's going to be appearing at the Super Theatre - see
the show web
site for full details - and with the rest of the team, he'll also be popping up a regular
intervals on the Berghaus stand to sell and sign posters, videos,
books etc chat and buy beer for all comers (no, not really).
In addition, Berghaus have arranged a question and answer session
with Sir Chris Bonington on the stand at 2.15 on Saturday afternoon. It's our chance
to ask probably the best known living British mountaineer all those big and not so big questions that have been
burning holes in our mental pockets for ages.
For more details about Alan, see his profile
on the Berghaus web site. For Bonington info see the Berghaus site or his own site at bonington.com.
